In other words, we would have about $16.5m to sign another free agent. We would then also have the room exception valued at about $4.7 million plus the vet minimum (ranging from $1.6 million to $2.5 million depending on how old the Vet is).

We could also stretch Hill, which would reduce his salary hit next summer to about $4.42 million, thereby freeing up about $8.84 million. In other words, we could get to about $25 million in cap space._________________My Laker squad.
Mr. Clutch, Nixon, Eddie, Magic, Kareem, Silk
Cooper, AC, Worthy, Horry, Shaq, Kobe.
HC: Riley

Well, with no guarantees & not trading successfully for PG & Leonard, Magic has to overwhelm Pelicans with offer to get it done.

I thinking like Zubac BI, Hart, I’d even throw in Lonzo or multiple picks. Not sure if we can sign a very good player in summer, but we definitely need more shooters!_________________My Laker squad.
Mr. Clutch, Nixon, Eddie, Magic, Kareem, Silk
Cooper, AC, Worthy, Horry, Shaq, Kobe.
HC: Riley

Both work under the cap. I prefer keeping Zubac out of this if we can. I like AD and Z at the PF and C spots if we go big...

Yeah, I guess it only works if KCP waives his no trade (how do you give a no trade to a one year contract) hope this guy doesn’t hold things up, I’d like to keep Kuz..._________________My Laker squad.
Mr. Clutch, Nixon, Eddie, Magic, Kareem, Silk
Cooper, AC, Worthy, Horry, Shaq, Kobe.
HC: Riley

The league did this to itself..... I knew once he got snubbed for all-star starter he was going to request the trade. We have to give them everything! Ball.BI.Kuz.since should get it done.we might have to include kcp to make money work.

Anyone and everyone not named LeBron for Davis, but, don't bank on it. They are not under the gun and there will likely be better offers out there.

Which offer would be better? (It can't be the Celtics until the summer).

Why would the Pels not wait until summer then? They have no reason or pressure to trade him until all the best offers are on the table, which includes Boston. Why not wait for the inevitable bidding war. This also hurts the Lakers because all the one year contracts are now free agents.

Pels have no business incentive to trade before then. It is the Lakers that will likely be desperate not the Pels.

Anyone and everyone not named LeBron for Davis, but, don't bank on it. They are not under the gun and there will likely be better offers out there.

Which offer would be better? (It can't be the Celtics until the summer).

Why would the Pels not wait until summer then? They have no reason or pressure to trade him until all the best offers are on the table, which includes Boston. Why not wait for the inevitable bidding war. This also hurts the Lakers because all the one year contracts are now free agents.

Pels have no business incentive to trade before then. It is the Lakers that will likely be desperate not the Pels.

This is my take too. If I'm the Pels, you at least know AD is out. Why not include the team with the best assets?_________________#Load Management

Anyone and everyone not named LeBron for Davis, but, don't bank on it. They are not under the gun and there will likely be better offers out there.

Which offer would be better? (It can't be the Celtics until the summer).

Why would the Pels not wait until summer then? They have no reason or pressure to trade him until all the best offers are on the table, which includes Boston. Why not wait for the inevitable bidding war. This also hurts the Lakers because all the one year contracts are now free agents.

Pels have no business incentive to trade before then. It is the Lakers that will likely be desperate not the Pels.

Gutting the team & players who get minutes means we will have to play guys such as Svi, Mo, Beasley, Lance which isn’t a bad thing considering they are getting PT cause of injuries.

Hopefully we have a solid 5 starters. Wonder if Pels have a shooter we could get. I believe Magic will go hard this time, but in the end we’re at the mercy of the team trading an all star & teams still not willing to trade, improve or see us rise to top again. Teams need to get over this mind set!_________________My Laker squad.
Mr. Clutch, Nixon, Eddie, Magic, Kareem, Silk
Cooper, AC, Worthy, Horry, Shaq, Kobe.
HC: Riley